SpaceX Fires up Starship Upper Stage Ahead of Landmark Flight 15 Test Launch

SpaceX fires up Starship upper stage ahead of landmark Flight 15 test launch

SpaceX just fired up all six engines on the Starship upper stage that will conduct the vehicle's 15th test flight, potentially keeping everything on track for a launch next month.

Starbase Static Fire Galore - Is Flight Nearly Here?

Flight 15 milestones stack up as Booster 22 completes a full 33-Raptor static fire at Pad 2 and Ship 42 runs both a single-engine in-space deorbit burn simulation and a full six-engine 60-second static fire at Massey’s ahead of the upcoming flight. NASA outlines accelerated Artemis plans, including

SpaceX Starship: Static Test Fire Pre-flight 15

SpaceX Starship: Static Test Fire Pre-flight 15 | Starbase Texas"Ship 42 static fires complete. The Starship preparing for Flight 15 performed a full duration, six-engine static fire, and fired a single Raptor engine to simulate a deorbit burn."NASA plans to use a lunar lander version of Starship to deliver astronauts and cargo to the Moon during the Artemis IV mission and beyond through the Human Landing System (HLS) Program.Learn more about St…

SpaceX's Ship 42 Clears Six-Engine Static Fire as Starship Flight 15 Moves Closer to Launch

Starship Flight: SpaceX has completed a major engine test milestone for its next Starship mission. On October 28, 2026, the company announced that Ship 42, the upper stage assigned to Flight 15, performed a full-duration static fire involving all six of its Raptor engines. A separate single-engine firing was also conducted to simulate a deorbit […]